קָדוֹש

קָדוֹשm. (b. h.; קָדַש) 1) holy, sacred; holy man, saint. Yeb.20a כל המקיים … נקרא ק׳ he who observes the ordinances of the scholars (with regard to marriage laws) is called holy (chaste). Ib. 105b; Meg.27b עם ק׳ the holy assembly, v. פָּסַע; (Snh.7b עם קוֹרֶש; Yeb. l. c. also עם קֹדֶש). Lev. R. s. 24 כשם שאני ק׳ כךוכ׳ as I am holy, so be you holy. Y.Sabb.XVI, 15c bot.; Treat. Sofrim XVI, 12 הללו אל בקדשו לקְדוֹשוֹ לאהרן קְדוֹש ד׳ ‘praise the Lord in his holiness (Ps. 150:1) according to his holy servant, according to (the years of life of) Aaron, the holy servant of the Lord (123 Hallelujahs). Tem.14b, a. e. כל הקרב ביום אינו ק׳ אלא ביוםוכ׳ whatever must be offered in day-time, becomes sacred (by being put in a sacred vessel) only in day-time Meg.23b; Snh.15a אדם מי ק׳ is a human being ever sacred (dedicated to be Temple property)? Ber.10b (ref. to 2 Kings 4:9) הוא ק׳ … אינו ק׳ he (the prophet) is a pure man, but his servant (Gehazi) is not; a. v. fr.רבינו הק׳ our teacher, the saint, i. e. R. Judah Hannasi. Y.Meg.III, 74a; a. fr.הק׳ ברוך הוא (abbrev. הקב״ה, הב״ה, הק״ה) the Holy One, blessed be He, the Lord. Ber.6b. Num. R. s. 20; a. v. fr.Pl. קְדוֹשִׁים. Lev. R. l. c. Sabb.86a, a. e. ישראל ק׳ הן the Israelites are a chaste people. Pes.104a בנן של ק׳ the descendant of holy men (R. Menaḥem); Ab. Zar.50a; a. fr.פרשת ק׳ the section of the Torah beginning with ḳdoshim (Lev. 19). Lev. R. l. c.; a. e.Fem. קְדוֹשָׁה. Y.Maas. Sh. II, end, 53d; a. e., v. עֵדָה. 2) (v. קְדוּשָּׁה) Ḳadosh, the recitation of Ḳadosh (Is. 6:3). Treat. Sofrim l. c. קטן … ק׳ ביוצר (not כיוצא) a minor … must not recite Ḳadosh in the morning prayer (v. יָצַר). Ib. ק׳ של עמידה the Ḳadosh recited in the ‘standing prayer (v. עֲמִידָה), the Ḳdushshah.